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| Computer Upgrades?; Best bang for the buck. | |
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| Vanza | 15 Jan 2014, 06:03 AM Post #1 |
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So, I'm looking to upgrade my rig. I am starting to experience lag on some of my favorite games, and I am way too impatient to be dealing with that bullshit! I compare prices of various parts and what not, but more or less there isn't a computer I'm willing to buy that will do what I need it to. I'm thinking I just need to upgrade my graphics card but I don't wanna pay a ton of money to do it. The smartest option would be to do a dual card set up, methinks. I have no idea if my motherboard will even support that, so I'd be looking at getting a new one + 2 cards. From the parts I'm looking at that's gonna cost like 600 bucks, and at that point may as well throw in a full size tower and keep going crazy with it... Wondering if any of you guys (laser :P) knows of a couple different/better options out there? I'm not really in a hurry to do it...but soon would be nice. Btw, I have a GeForce GTX650 Ti. Not the boost one, the first Ti. I'm trying to hit 100 fps on mmo's/large multiplayer games...lol. |
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| Yurei | 15 Jan 2014, 06:23 AM Post #2 |
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The hell're you asking me for?! ...how much RAM do you have? I've found that having a big ol' pile of memory is sometimes even more important than your graphics card, especially if you're like me and tend to run, like, a dozen applications all at once. Bumping up from 8 to 16 gigs'll cost you, like...forty bucks, and may help solve a good chunk of your lag problems without having to shell out a giant pile of loot. HINT: Replace ALL of your memory, don't just add new memory, and get it all from the same manufacturer, in the same-size sticks if possible. Inconsistent RAM is one of the better ways I know of to land yourself with a bad case of the gremlins. And yeah...if you're buying a new motherboard and two new graphics cards, at that point you're going to need a new power supply as well, unless your old/current one is more baller than usual for a prebuilt computer. And at that point about the only things you haven't bought are the case and the CPU. And the RAM, but I covered that. |
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| Vanza | 15 Jan 2014, 07:20 AM Post #3 |
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Hmm, I didn't consider the ram. It came with 16 so I would go up to 32, which it does support. I had to upgrade my psu when I got the graphics card, so its at 750W now. I dunno, right now I'm focused on upgrading my suspension for my truck. Maybe I'll do the ram thing and see where that gets me. |
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| Vanza | 15 Jan 2014, 07:22 AM Post #4 |
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What do you think about AMD vs nvidia? |
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| Rin | 30 Apr 2014, 09:56 AM Post #5 |
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AMD are great bang for buck, usually slightly worse (2-5 fps) than the equivalent Nvidia card for a cheaper price. What motherboard do you have? Going for an R9 270X or GTX 760 would be a great boost from a 650 Ti. 16GB of RAM is more than enough for gaming, any more and it'll be wasted. |
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| Vanza | 30 Apr 2014, 06:05 PM Post #6 |
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Lol, I forgot all about this thread... I didn't know that though. I was starting to think that AMD was better than Nvidia, just not as popular. I heard some stuff about their features that were supposed to be a nice visual touch but I don't remember wtf any of it is called. Unfortunately, I'm no longer looking at upgrading my computer lol. It runs just fine. If a game demands more than what my current card can handle then I will just lower the settings...I can't afford to blow money on something like a pc lol And as far as the motherboard goes, I don't remember. I might be able to find it in a system hardware info thingermajig but other than that, It was just whatever asus put in the stupid thing. |
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| Rin | 6 May 2014, 12:02 AM Post #7 |
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Darn Young Whippersnapper
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You were maybe thinking of AMD's Mantle tech? (™) Aha, yeah, a PC can be a big money sink if you don't restrain yourself... |
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